White House economist Austan Goolsbee defends the administration's position on expiring Bush-era tax cuts and why President Barack Obama wants higher-income people to pay more. After all, why control spending when you can simply raise taxes instead! Duh!!!! (I'm kidding, of course!)

Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton leaves voice mail citing her seniority and stimulus-based projects in lobbyist's "sector".

"I was, frankly, uh, uh, surprised to see that we don’t have a record, so far as I can tell, of your having given to me despite my uh, long and deep uh, work. In fact, it’s been my major work, uh, on the committee and sub-committee it’s been essentially in your sector.

I am, I’m simply candidly calling to ask for a contribution. As the senior member of the um, committee and a sub-committee chair, we have (chuckles) obligations to raise, uh funds. "(H/T Breitbart)

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